Ancient Thrones are a band from Nova Scotia, Canada that plays a very dissonant, technical and progressive form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Melancholia".
A very dark, heavy and technical sound starts off the album while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of blast beats. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic yet dissonant style and the vocals also add in a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, tremolo picking is also added into some of the faster riffing
Classical music style keyboards can also be heard at times along with the album also having its progressive moments. Whispers are also added on one song as well as a couple of tracks also being long and epic in length,. Clean playing is also added in certain sections of the recording and some of the music also adds in a small amount of psychedelic touches and a few songs also add in some whispers and spoken words. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album and covers a colorblind individual and his experiences with psychedelic drugs as a last ditch-attempt to enjoy life in color.
In my opinion Ancient Thrones are a very great sounding dissonant, progressive and technical blackened death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Moon Fused Key" "A Pellucid Prism" and "Vacant". 8 out of 10.
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Album order (Vinyl, Digital) - https://ancientthrones.bandcamp.com
Lyric Video - "A Moon Fused Key" https://youtu.be/IfDBNhlJ0sI
Music Video - "Melancholia" - https://youtu.be/_LvSTJ78kd8
Playthrough - “A Turning Point” - https://youtu.be/zQ3wZqZj9EQ
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